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Superintendent’s Message #7
January 5, 2010
It is hard to believe that we are entering
our second semester of the 2009-2010 school year. Time
flies, and much has yet to be accomplished. I would like to
express my sincere appreciation to our dedicated employees
for their hard work during the first semester.
As we enter the new semester, I hope that we
can embrace challenge and change through cooperation and
dedication. As educators, our work can change lives, and
we should always be mindful of our purpose.
Each day brings a new challenge, and
foremost on our minds are the challenges of the new state
standards and No Child Left Behind accountability. As the
achievement bar for excellence is raised so must we
understand that we are all accountable. Administrators are
accountable to ensure that our school climate is one where
teaching and learning can take place, where achievement is
monitored on a regular basis, and where decisions are data
driven. Teachers are accountable for providing a classroom
environment where student learning is individualized as a
result of standards-based instructional strategies. Through
self-discipline and self-control, students must be
accountable for active and responsible participation in
their education. Parents must be accountable for
understanding standards and working with schools to raise
the level of student expectations. Our community must be
accountable for its support of our schools and their needs,
both fiscally and physically. If we plan to increase our
performance, we must all place students first.
Without hard work, academic success and
significant improvement in achievement do not just happen.
Let’s make 2010 a year of progress toward
excellence!
Joey Hassell, Superintendent
Lauderdale County Schools
Joey Hassell,
Superintendent,
Lauderdale County Board of Education
jhassell@mail.lced.net
Lauderdale County
Superintendent of Schools Joey Hassell is a
graduate of Gibson County High School in Dyer, Tenn. He went
on to complete his bachelor’s degree in special education
from Lambuth University and his master’s degree in
educational leadership from Trevecca Nazarene University. He
has also completed coursework toward his education
specialist degree in curriculum and instruction from
Tennessee State University and served as a 2008 Summer
Fellow through Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of
Education and Human Development.
The former assistant
principal of Lauderdale Middle School, Hassell comes home to
Lauderdale County after serving as Superintendent of Lake
County Schools for five years. He has taught students in
pre-k through 12th grades in the Jackson-Madison County and
Lauderdale County school districts. In 2001, he and his
family moved to Lake County where he was appointed Principal
of Lake County High School. In December 2003, he was
appointed superintendent of Lake County Schools where he
served the students in this leadership role through December
2008.
Hassell is a member of the
Tennessee Education Association, Tennessee Organization of
School Superintendents, American Association of School
Administrators, and the National Staff Development Council.
Hassell is married to
Kathryn, a first-grade teacher, and they have four children,
Jon, Desi, Jenna and Savannah. The Hassells are members of
the First United Methodist Church in Ripley.
Superintendent Entry Plan - The First 90-Days
Orientation Activities: January 2009 – May 2009
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Shawn
Kimble, Deputy Director of Schools -Personnel, Policy
and Teacher Recruitment